Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-23
new ENGLAND NEWS.

At New Bedford recently, the wife Of
Louis. Wilmot was preparing a washing COM
pound and had mixed some caustic potash
and ammonia, which was to be diluted by
gallon Of water in cup, which she left
standing within reach OF her little son, Lean
der, who seized it and drank the contents.
The child has since been Ia great agony, and
its life is despaired Of.
The Biddeford and Saco corporations have
abandoned the half-ho!ilay system. The
mills will start at .. As o'clock in the morning
and shut down at o'clock at night, except
on Saturdays, whom work will stop at 43o
o'clock.
When tho Ellnwood mill In Providence, r.
l., was opened on recent morning, every
warp en- the looms had beel cut by some per-
son or persons. There are about 115 looms,
and every warp was slashed across as if with
a large and strong bladed knife. The mana
gers Of the company are unable to account
for the dastardly behavior, The company
has had no trouble, and nothing has developed
that would lead to the commission of such
work. All the yarn in the mill had also been
cut, This entaied a less of several thousand
dollars upon the company, and stopped the
manufacture Of cloth for time.
The printing office of Willis E. Pattison in
North Adams, Mass, was gutted and much
property endangered The total loss cannot
he estimated. Pattison loses all, including
large cylinder press just put IN. He is in
sured.
The jury In the superior court at Litch
field, CT, rendered a verdict of guilty in the
case of Robert Drakely, aged 81, who at
Woodbury., Aug. 10, 1886, shot his wife
through the heart 1t is probable that the
sentence viii be imprisonment for life at
Wethersfeld. Drakely is of wealthy, in
fluential Baltimore family, who were former
ly Of Woodbury.. He came to Woodbury. in
| ,IulV 1E3i UicitiDu ap6 ha0 iOfatnata1
with Maud Warwick, professional nurse,
Is years his senior, and, despite the objections
of his friends, married her and took up his
residence In Woodbury. They were not
happy, she having married him because at
| the age of q be would Inherit $500 They
were married but six weeks when he shot
her, the act being due to drink and jealousy.
By the prevalence Of diphtheria in New
Bedford the opening Of the public schools Is
still further postponed.
| Mrs. Lydia A. Alley wife Of Mr.. George
| Alley of Wenham, Mass, was most shock
ingly burned, her. stockings and undercloth-
ing being oil burned from her body. Her
hands were also badly burned, evidently in
her efforts to put out the fire. She was alone
in the house at the time. Her condition is
considered very critical Mrs. Alley is about
! 4S years of age.
Henry c. Merwin post, G. A. R., the larg-
SoU dliu lliOSt lnuuCIlGlbl EboG 4NcW 11dNOu,
| Ct. adopted the following self-explanatory
resolution at its regular meeting:
Resolved, that this post disapproves and
| condemns any demonstration OF disreSpect
| against the coInmander-in in chief of the army
and navy of the United States, believing as
we do that the spirit of loyalty in the past is
still the spirit that holds the Grand Army Of
the Republic as an organization free from
| political strife, and we condemn the action of
any member or members of the e. A. r.
who would attempt to turn the organization
into political machine.
| An unsuccessful attempt was made to
wreck two passenger trains on the Old Colony
railroad. The Pan Handle train, which
runs between Brockton and Whitman, was
making return trip from Montello station.
| When only 200 yards from the depot and
a short distance from the Court street cross
ing, the engineer saw several distinctions
| lying across the track. Conductor Baker
made an investigation, and later found q
| sleeper and several pieces of iron on the
track, which, If unnoticed, would surely have
derailed the train. The conductor also found
pieces of iron fastened inside the rails where
| the outward and inward tracks intersect,
also other smaller obStructions. These We're
removed, and the matter was reported to
Supt Bliss. The parties who made the at
tempt to wreck tho train had planned for the
wrecking of the 6.07 passenger from Boston,
and it proving unsuccessful, placed seepers
ON the track before the arrival of the Pan
handle Conductor Crossen Of the 60T p
m. train noticed something unusual about the
track when he passed the plough works, but
did not stop to investigate, as the train
reached tho depot in safety. There were $50
passengers on Conductor Crossen's train AMI
none on Conductor Bakers. The obstruc-
tions were placed on the track between $50
and 7.30 o'clock as two trains left for Boston
and passed the plough works without any
accident. The fiagman said he did not see
any one near the place previous to the find
ding Of the distractions.
A remarkable death from fright occurred
at North Conway, N H. Two Misses Wilkes of
Washington square, New York, who were
stopping at the Kearsarge House, went out
driviI G, and, one alighted from the carriage
to uncuock the horse so that it could drink.
The horse became frightened and ran away
with one of the ladies in the carriage. 1t was
stopped after running about half a mile, and
the lady was assisted into q carriage which
was driven to her rescue. On arriving at
the hotel some gentlemen started to help her
to alight when it was found that she was
dead. Blood issuing from her ears and nosa
indicated that in the excitement and fright
she had burst u blood vessel, causing bel
death.